Jodie Marie Knott, Ph.D.

Voice Mail: (714) 490-3428
Works in: Los Alamitos

Dr. Knott is a licensed psychologist (PSY20647). Jodie works at the La Palma office. She is a well trained and experienced therapist. She provides assessments, and therapy for children, adults and families in our community.

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology, University of Oregon: Granted March 1, 2004
Master of Science in Counseling Family Human Services, University of Oregon: Granted September 2001
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of California, San Diego: Granted June 1998

HONORS AND OFFICES
Ethnic Diversity Affairs Committee. Co-leader 2001-2002, Social Committee Chair 1999-2001
University of California, San Diego intercollegiate women's soccer team (1994-1997)
NCAA Division III Women's Soccer National Champions 1995, 1996, 1997
Provost's Honors at the University of California, San Diego (Spring 1996, Fall 1996, Winter 1997, Spring 1997, Winter 1998 and Spring 1998)

SUPERVISED CLINICAL TRAINING
County of Monterey. Children's Behavioral Health. 8/02-7/03. Salinas, California
Fitch Day Treatment Middle School Program-Provide group, milieu, individual, and family therapy for 6th through 8th graders enrolled in a day treatment program due to their emotional regulation difficulties. Coordinate with both mental health and educational staff to provide a consistent behavior modification/reward program. Complete special educational paperwork and needed assessments such as escalation cycle management plans, functional assessments, and IEP goals.

Department of Social Services Assessment and Treatment Team-Provide individual and family assessments for children placed in foster care due to abuse (Assessments often include interviews of parents, teachers, and children, family observations, developmental questionnaires and screeners, self-report measures, and projective measures). Provide individual therapy to children, support foster parents, and led a social skills group for 8 to 10 year old children.

Department of Youth Services, Youth Detention. 6/99-7/02. Eugene, Oregon
Life Challenge Program. 8/99-7/02--Developed an eight week (16 session) experiential learning, motivation enhancement program for youths incarcerated in detention to build their skills in several areas including interpersonal communication, goal setting, planning, and anger management. Facilitated the group, provided supervision and training to other facilitators, and have created a treatment manual.

Suicide Risk Panel Assessment Team. 4/01-7/02--Provided stabilization and assessment for suicidal youths residing in detention. Assisted in the coordination of the Suicide Risk Panel by writing assessments, updating the tracking system for youths currently in detention, notifying Suicide Risk Panel members about changes in youths' statuses, and assigning stabilization team members to meet individually with youths.

Counselor for the Transition Program. 8/00-7/01-- Provided counseling, motivational interviewing and tutoring related to academic progress as part of a multi-systemic treatment program for youths returning to their homes in the community after being incarcerated. Also attended meetings with other transition team members regarding treatment and meetings with the youths' school faculty.

Assessment. 7/99-7/02--Administered portions of psychological assessments including WJ-R- tests of Cognitive Abilities and Achievement, MMPI-A, BDI, WAIS, and WISCs for youths residing in detention.

Senior Intern. 6/01-7/02--Provided supervision for other psychological interns working in detention. Completed organizational duties including scheduling meetings and tasks related to the clinical services provided by psychological services.

Special Programs Coordinator. 6/01-7/02-Coordinated with detention staff to create a special behavior plan and reward system for three youths who struggled to maintain standard behavior in detention.

Coping with Life. 6/99-9/99--Assist the main facilitator in a ten week coping with depression course that teaches incarcerated youths cognitive behavioral strategies to decrease their depression.

Girl's Group. 6/00-12/00--Co-facilitated a psycho-educational/process group for girls that focused mainly on developing interpersonal relationship skills, risky behavior management skills, and to assist them in coping with being in detention.

Child and Family Therapy Practicum Intern. Child and Family Center. 9/00-6/02. Eugene, Oregon.
Conducted in-home Family Check-up assessments and provided feedback to families to assist them in making decisions about how to meet their mental health needs. Conducted family therapy with several families
Co-facilitated an eight week parent training group for parents of adolescents at Spencer's Butte Middle School

Assessment Graduate Teaching Fellowship. University Counseling and Testing Center. 9/01-6/02. Eugene, Oregon. Provided mainly assessments for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities with the TOVA, WAIS, Brown Clinical Scales, and the WJ-III tests of Achievement and Cognitive Abilities.

Supervision Practicum Intern. DeBusk Clinic. 9/01-6/02. Eugene, Oregon.
Provided group supervision to first year masters and doctoral students enrolled in a beginning counseling skills course during fall term. Provided individual supervision to a student enrolled in an intellectual and personality assessment course during winter term. Provided individual supervision to first year doctoral students during a pre-practicum therapeutic milieu experience during spring term. Participated in a year-long supervision of supervision seminar

Employee without Compensation. Veterans Administration. 9/99-7/00. Eugene, Oregon.
Attended training regarding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, working clinically with veterans and within the Veterans Administration Service Delivery Structure. Performed semi-structured interviews with Vietnam veterans for a study that investigated the correlates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Practicum Intern. DeBusk Memorial Clinic. 9/99- 6/00. Eugene, Oregon.
Conducted intakes, counseled and provided crisis intervention for students and community members in individual sessions. Co-facilitated an 8 week psycho-educational interpersonal communication group

Supervisor of Undergraduate Practicum Students. Family & Human Services. 9/98-6/01. Eugene, Oregon.
Supervised the practicum work of undergraduate students in community service agencies. Assisted practicum students' integration into community service agencies. Facilitated weekly supervision meetings with junior and senior students. Evaluated progress of practicum students toward competency based curriculum. Interviewed and evaluated program applicants

Crisis Hotline Worker. University Crisis Center. 6/99-9/00. Eugene, Oregon.
Provide support, crisis intervention, and referrals to callers in crisis. Assisted in the training of new hotline workers

Assistant Conference Coordinator. University Crisis Center. 10/98-6/00. Eugene, Oregon.
Helped to organize and publicize the Annual Crisis Prevention Conference

Residential Counselor Apprentice. The Storefront--San Diego Youth and Community Services. 6/97-6/98. San Diego, California. Provided supervision, support, crisis intervention and assisted in daily operations at an emergency shelter for homeless and runaway youth. Facilitated psycho-educational groups relevant to homeless and runaway youth

RESEARCH
Knott, J. (2004). Self-efficacy and motivation to change among chronic youth offenders: An exploratory examination of the efficacy of an experiential learning, motivation enhancement intervention. University of Oregon.

Knott, J. (2001). Driving and riding in drinking and driving situations: The prevalence, acceptability, and consequences. University of Oregon.

Poster Presentations and Symposia
Ethnic Diversity Affairs Committee. (2002). Multicultural organizational development in counseling psychology training programs. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Knott, J., Katz, M., & Keller, K. (2001). The Life Challenge Program: Understanding incarcerated youths' motivation to change. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Keller, K., Paez, K., & Knott, J. (2001). Adolescent mentoring programs: Examining effectiveness from the youth's perspective. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Program Evaluation Team Member
Knopes, D., Knott, J., & Townsend, K. (2001). Program Evaluation of the Feeling Good Group based out of the Veterans Administration's Eugene Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (ECBOC). The evaluation examined the efficacy of the Feeling Good Group, a twelve-week cognitive behavioral intervention for veterans diagnosed with anxiety and depression.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Psychological Association. Student Affiliate.
Association of Experiential Education. Student Member.
Ethnic Diversity Affairs Committee (EDAC). Member (College of Education, University of Oregon).
Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology)

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